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Derek Beaven


UK flag (b.1947)

Derek Beaven Attended eight schools in England and in Australia - including Ashlyns, an experimental comprehensive in Hertfordshire - and read English at St Peter's College, Oxford University.


After university, taught English at a grammar school and then trained in Movement and Drama at the Laban Centre, London. Worked briefly with a small opera company. Returned to teaching at a college, tutoring English and Drama. Now writes full time. Lives in Berkshire, UK. Married - 2 grown-up children.
 

 
New and upcoming books
September 2024

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Remake
 
Novels
   Newton's Niece (1994)
   Acts of Mutiny (1998)
   If the Invader Comes (2001)
   His Coldest Winter (2005)
   The Icon Painter (2014)
   Remake (2024)
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Collections
   Pharmakon (poems) (2015)
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Award nominations
2001 Booker Prize (longlist) : If the Invader Comes


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